Girls' name · since 2000
Nyani
Since 2000, U.S. Social Security records show 85 babies named Nyani, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #28,992 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,035 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 85
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Nyani is the #7035 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 85 recorded since 2000.
Nyani has 85 recorded births among girls since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7035 as of the latest data, more common than 59% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #28,992 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,035 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 85 born since 2000
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nyani ranks #28,992 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,035 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 85 born since 2000, peaking in the 2020s.
- #28,992 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,035 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 85
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nyani's 85 recorded births place it above 59.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nyani compares
85 22nd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Nyani's all-time total is 77% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nyani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 85 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nyani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nyani's SSA record in two at 2022 and the more recent half accounts for 72% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 28%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2000, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 22, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nyani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Nyani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (73 births, 86% of the file).
2020s was Nyani's strongest decade.
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 86% of all-time use.
Nyani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
- 2020s
2020s
73 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 73 births (86% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2000–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Nyani draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.